HARARE – Poor salaries are making officers at the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) susceptible to bribes, Parliamentary has heard. Presenting a report in the National Assembly during debate on the national budget, Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services portfolio committee chairperson, Tshinga Dube, said salaries for Zacc employees must be improved urgently. He said improving…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has rejected calls by lawmakers to have Parliament’s budget increased from $57 million to $100 million saying Treasury had no capacity to do so. Legislators had noted with concern during debate that some critical areas had been allocated insufficient resources, which undermines their performance. In his contribution to the…
HARARE – Top officials in the MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai have told spokesperson of the MDC Alliance Welshman Ncube to go to hell and stop interfering in matters concerning the troubled opposition party. This comes as there is a growing rift between those opposed to the MDC Alliance (a coalition of seven political parties)…
HARARE – The existence of multiple centres of power in the MDC occasioned by Morgan Tsvangirai’s absence has worsening tensions in the country’s largest opposition party. Analysts warned this week that if Tsvangirai, the MDC leader, does not step in to give direction to his lieutenants, the party may split for the third time in…
HARARE – Government departments, including whole ministries, face eviction from their rented properties due to failure to pay their landlords on time. While government has several properties across the country housing its ministries and departments, it has not been able to accommodate all of its units due to space constraints. As such, various government departments…
HARARE – Eight women died in Zimbabwe in the first week of this month while giving birth. In its weekly surveillance update, the ministry of Health and Child Care said two of the deaths occurred at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals. Chitungwiza Central Hospital, Harare Central Hospital, Mutare, Makonde, Nkayi and Gweru hospitals recorded one death…
HARARE – CIMAS Medical Aid Society has spurned government’s attempts to intervene in its long-running feud with Corporate 24 Hospital Group. Cimas suspended Corporate 24 from its direct payment system in 2015 citing irregularities that it had detected. Since its removal from the payment system, Corporate 24 claims it is now owed more than $500…
HARARE – Zimbabwe could witness a nationwide power failure as Zesa Holdings (Zesa) workers have threatened to embark on an industrial strike action demanding payment of outstanding salaries from the technically insolvent power utility. The workers are understood to be demanding a 50 percent salary increment while also demanding payment of the $100 million they…
HARARE – Acting MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday took a swipe at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s efforts to fight corruption saying the law is being selectively applied. Chamisa was speaking at a rally in Epworth to launch the MDC Alliance campaign where he received a rousing welcome from scores of supporters as he took to…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa believes former first lady Grace Mugabe had become mentally deranged during the last days of her husband’s presidency. He made the sensational disclosure in a wide-ranging interview with British newspaper, The Financial Times last week. The two fought a fierce battle as they wrested for control of the ruling Zanu…

